| Method | Lithograph with hand colour |
| Artist | Bacon, George Washington |
| Published | [Bacon's Geographical Establishment, c.1900] |
| Dimensions | 241 x 304 mm |
| Notes |
A very detailed map of Oxford from Bacon's Geographical Establishment, one of the few maps to city to encompass the development of Jericho and north Oxford, as well as extending across the bridges to the east, west and south of the city . George Washington Bacon (1830-1922) was a prolific London based book and map publisher active in the mid to late 19th century. Bacon was born in New York and emigrated to England c. 1862. He was initially a London agent for the American atlas publisher Joseph Hitchins Colton. By 1871 he had become a British subject and was living in Battersea with his wife and two daughters. He was described on the Census of 1871 as being a map publisher, employing three men, five boys, and one young lady. Bacon died 21 Jan 1922. Bacon's firm G.W. Bacon and Co. produced a wide variety of maps and guides. In 1893, Bacon & Co. acquired the map publishing business of J. Wyld. Then, around the turn of the century, Bacon & Co. itself was folded into the Scottish publishing house of W.& A.K. Johnston. Condition: Trimmed to border of map at top. Horizontal fold to top as issued. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £85.00 |
| Stock ID | 51640 |